Drew Starkey has confirmed he has read the script for the Drew Starkey American Psycho remake directed by Luca Guadagnino, though he has offered no comment on his involvement in the project, The Playlist reports. The admission adds fresh weight to what had been a rumoured connection, and lands at a moment when Starkey is already generating considerable attention for both his career trajectory and his approach to dressing.
Having wrapped five seasons on Outer Banks earlier this year, Starkey moves into a slate that includes two upcoming A24 projects alongside the Guadagnino remake. The remake has been adapted by Scott Z. Burns, the screenwriter behind Contagion and Side Effects, according to Russh. It is a production with some weight of expectation behind it: Deadline reports that Bret Easton Ellis has said multiple high-profile actors have turned down the Patrick Bateman role. The original 2000 film featured Christian Bale, Justin Theroux, Josh Lucas, Chloë Sevigny, Reese Witherspoon, Jared Leto and Willem Dafoe, according to Entertainment Weekly.
Drew Starkey American Psycho Casting: What We Know
Starkey’s position in relation to the Patrick Bateman role remains unconfirmed. He has read Guadagnino’s script, but has made no statement about whether he is in the running. What Ellis’s comments make plain is that the role has not been easy to fill: the combination of the source material, the Guadagnino directorial stamp, and the long shadow of the original film has apparently given several prominent actors pause. That Starkey is in the conversation at all, and has gone as far as reading the screenplay, puts him closer to the centre of one of the more anticipated productions currently in development.
It is a long way from the Outer Banks coastline. Playing Rafe Cameron across five seasons built Starkey a substantial following, but the projects now on the horizon represent a different scale of ambition. Two A24 productions alongside a Guadagnino remake, built on a Burns screenplay, is an unusually loaded run of credits for an actor still consolidating his name above the title.
Head-to-Toe Dior and the Question of Effortless Dressing
Away from the casting conversation, Starkey has been making a case for himself in a different arena. As an ambassador for Dior, he has access to one of the stronger menswear collections currently in circulation, and his recent appearances suggest he is doing something more than simply wearing what is handed to him. The risk with a head-to-toe designer look is real: it is one of the more demanding moves in menswear, requiring not just the right pieces but the ability to wear them as though they came off your own rail rather than a press rack.
His run started on The Tonight Show in late July, where he wore a full Dior look built around a pink shirt tucked into stonewashed jeans. His stylist, Warren Alfie Baker, whose clients also include Andrew Garfield and Paul Anthony Kelly, describes the thinking behind it. ‘Me and Drew have worked together for a long time now and have a great vibe when collaborating,’ Baker says. ‘He loves a vintage vibe, so we like to lean into that and let it feel relatable, the Dior just felt like a cool ’90s throwback look.’
The Tonight Show appearance was followed by a Netflix watch party where Starkey arrived in a boxy cream sport coat, dark denim, and Dior Médaillon Loafers. Days later, on The Today Show, he kept the same jean-and-loafers combination and added a denim overshirt. Three appearances, the same designer, no repetition of energy. Jonathan Anderson’s preference for wider silhouettes and workwear-inflected detailing gives the pieces room to move, but wearing them with that degree of consistency without looking like a catalogue requires a genuine feel for proportion and fit.
Starkey’s ease with the format does not stop at Dior. He wore full Dries Van Noten at SiriusXM’s Front Row and Ralph Lauren at Netflix’s End of Summer Bash. Baker on the Dries look: ‘It felt like it would have been something George Harrison or Paul McCartney could have worn to record at Abbey Road.’ An oversized blazer and trousers over a striped tee, worn with that kind of conviction, is not a small thing to pull off. The instinct for it is there, and the projects coming his way suggest the rest of the industry is paying close attention.
